General Description - PESA Cougar Manual

Digital Video

1.2 General Description

The PESA Cougar Digital Video Routing Switcher offers a reliable low cost
answer to your digital video routing needs. The Cougar Digital Video Routing
Switcher is housed in a 3RU frame providing a small profile for space efficient
installations. The Cougar Frame can be equipped with either a single System
Controller or dual System Controllers. The option of dual controllers provides
seamless transfer of system control in case of equipment failure. The Cougar
Frame can also be equipped with redundant power supplies for maximum
reliability and fail safe operation.
The Cougar Digital Video Routing Switcher is designed with small to mid-range
size routing matrix applications in mind. This cost efficient router is expandable to
a 64X64 size matrix utilizing four Cougar Digital Video Routing Switchers and two
MVDA Combiners. The main matrix components use plug-in circuit cards for
ease of maintenance and component replacement. The Cougar Digital Video
Routing Switcher can be serviced hot, allowing circuit card changes without
powering down the matrix. Board level voltage regulation in the Cougar Frame
eliminates the possibility of a central, single point power failure.
The Cougar Digital Video Matrix Card features easily visible LED indicators for
quick view of critical voltage and circuit conditions. The Cougar Frame comes
equipped with one control port, two RS232 ports, four RS485 control panel ports,
and external alarm connectors for audible monitoring of the operation of the
internal power and controller circuits. Please note that the control port, the
RS232 port, and the four RS485 ports are only active when a controller card is
installed in the Cougar Frame. The Cougar Frame utilizes RS485 looping
interfaces for system connection to remote control panels using standard twisted
pair cables.
The Cougar Digital Video Routing Switcher utilizes the PESA System Controller
for system control. The System Controller provides a user friendly graphical
interface; operating in a Windows 3.1™ personal computer environment. The
System Controller can be installed internal to the Cougar Frame, allowing better
rack space utilization. The Cougar Digital Video Routing Switcher working in
conjunction with the System Controller utilizes PESA's low cost RCP line of
control panels for remote system operation.
The Cougar Digital Video Matrix Card is compatible with digital composite, digital
component, and compressed digital HDTV video formats. The Cougar Digital
Video Matrix card provides automatic input equalization for up to 240 meters of
Belden 8281 cable for data rates up to 270 Mbit/s, and up to 150 meters of cable
for data rates up to 360 Mbit/s.
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